Easy Cross-Border Shipping Solutions

CSA Transportation has customs coordinators on staff that team up with your customs broker to ensure a quick import / export process, and on-time cross-border trucking services.

With a CSA distribution center near most major border crossing sites, our specialized office of customer service experts makes it easy to ship from US to Canada—or from Canada to US—to ensure worry-free shipping every time you choose to book an order with us.

Please note: CSA is not the right choice to handle the shipment of your small package; this type of shipment is better served by a postal organization. We are primarily an LTL carrier and deal with pallet shipments, thank you for your understanding!

International Shipping Services: Ship Canada to U.S. or USA to Canada Shipping

In-House Customs Coordinators

Though CSA is not a customs broker, we do employ in-house customs coordinators that work with your broker to help ensure smooth on-time delivery your freight to it's destination. This allows your business to focus on serving your customer while we handle the details required to ship Canada to U.S. or when shipping to Canada from USA.

ACE & ACI Pre-Clearance

Customs procedures in each country require the electronic receipt of dispatch and shipment information before your freight arrives at the border so it can pre-screened for acceptance. Our personnel have direct access to each countries Canada/USA Customs website to streamline this process on behalf of our customers. We also offer website account access so all you need to do is sign in, find, and select your most recent shipment from the options list—CSA's tracking portal gives you the tools you need to search your shipments fast, and send your customer a status update easily from the online menu.

Reduced Border Delays

The ACE/ACI "pre-screen" helps speed up border wait times since drivers only need to present customs officials with an ACE or ACI eManifest number that relates to all the shipments in their trailer.

Bonded Terminals

CSA's Canadian terminals are bonded. This means USA to Canada shipping orders that experience customs clearance issues will in most cases not be rejected (turned back or held) at the border, but rather, will arrive as scheduled to a trusted CSA terminal to store until Customs officials can visit our distribution terminal to clear the items on site. This capability turns potentially large money burning delays—that can last days and drastically increase shipping costs—into small low cost incidents that typically still make your scheduled delivery day. Shipping between countries can be tedious but CSA helps keep your supply chain moving door to door when ever you call upon us.

Trusted Brokerage Partners

Due to our extensive experience in shipping to Canada from USA and shipping to USA from Canada, CSA has built relationships with some of top customs brokers available. If you do not have a customs broker we would be happy to recommend one to you.

Customs & Border Security Programs

CSA is an active participant in the following:

ACE

Automated Commercial Environment

CSA

Customs Self Assessment

FAST

Free and Secure Trade

ACI

Advance Commercial Information

PIP

What Clients Say

CSA is our major carrier service provider. Our company is not their biggest customer, we mainly use LTL services for shipments in North America. We like to use CSA because they react to our requests fast, and their deliveries are on time. CSA is a reliable carrier and they are a group of professionals in logistics.

Tom K.Logistics Coordinator, Developer Degradable Plastics

Hi CSA – thank you again for your help getting this shipment moved. Sumit called me when he did not have all the paperwork he needed and got the customs entered within an hour of me sending the paperwork. I was impressed. Great teamwork, thank you. You made a customer who was out of product very happy.

Nathan W.Marketing Officer, Organic & Specialty Grain Trading Company

I conduct business with CSA Transportation because the rates offered are good and I can depend on this company to look after my shipments and inform me if there are any issues. My contact at CSA is prompt, courteous, and a pleasure to work with.

Jean N.Purchasing Coordinator, Major Food Distributor

I found CSA Transportation a great company to work with. Their customer service team is very knowledgeable and helpful. They are quick to resolve any of my issues. I will continue to use CSA Transportation as my primary carrier to Canada. Thank you for all your help.

Marcus C.Shipping Department, Office Systems & Furniture Distributor

After being in the freight industry for so many years you learn that good carriers are hard to come by, there is no such thing as the perfect carrier BUT we have been very fortunate to have come across CSA. Not knowing much about Canadian shipments they took their time to show us the flow of the freight and the clearance of customs for our Canadian business. Their operation and service to our company has been seamless. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will remain this way for many years to come!

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